Juniper Flat – Sierra Ancha
I don’t get out to the Sierra Ancha too often, as it is a three hour drive from Sunnyslope, despite being only 67 miles away […]
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Open Draw – Gentry Ridge
Rim Rd. / FR 300 — the artery of the Mogollon Rim — is closed for five or six months a year, during the winter. […]
Dry Lake Hills – Schultz Creek
After hiking up Mount Peeley, I took last week off. No reason, just being lazy. I passed through Flagstaff as recently as last October, on […]
Phoenix Asshole Drivers #69 🦠
Full-fledged panic has broken out the last six weeks over coronavirus, aka Wuhan Flu / Sino Sinus Syphilis / Kung Flu / Chinese Lung AIDS. 🦠 I’ve […]
Mount Peeley
The last time I was in the Old Beeline Highway area was just over eight years ago, when I hiked Little Saddle Mountain Trail #244. […]
PCT: Williamson Valley to Willow Creek
The Prescott Circle Trail (PCT) is a 56-mile loop around the city of Prescott — and it is a city, no longer a small town […]
BCT: Boy Scout Loop to Table Mesa Rd.
Hiking from the “top” end of the Boy Scout Loop to Table Mesa Rd. is the third segment, south-to-north, of the Black Canyon Trail. The […]
Hiking Beer #5
When it’s not too hot, and I can spare the pack space, I like to squeeze in a bottle of heavenly nectar. Like Ben Franklin […]
Cave Creek Regional Park
Cave Creek Regional Park (CCRP) is considered one of the top spring flower destinations in the Phoenix area. There aren’t a whole lot of trails […]
Granite Mountain Loop
First off, just to be clear, this is the Granite Mountain in north Scottsdale’s McDowell Sonoran Preserve — not the Granite Mountain in Prescott, made […]